громада

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gromada (“heap, pile”).

• IPA^(key): [ɡrɐˈmadə]

грома́да • (gromáda) f inan (genitive грома́ды, nominative plural грома́ды, genitive plural грома́д)

1. mass, bulk, pile, heap
2. (Ukraine) (territorial) community of various levels in Ukraine (city, town, region, village, etc.)

   Synonym: общи́на (obščína)

• грома́дина (gromádina)
• грома́дный (gromádnyj)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “громада”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

From Proto-Slavic *gromada.

грома́да f (Latin spelling gromáda)

1. heap
2. pile
3. mass

• IPA^(key): [ɦrɔˈmadɐ]

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Semantic loan from Polish gromada (“village assembly”).

грома́да • (hromáda) f inan (genitive грома́ди, nominative plural грома́ди, genitive plural грома́д, related adjective грома́дський)

1. community; civic society
2. assembly (of citizens, people)

From Old East Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *gromada.

грома́да • (hromáda) f inan (genitive грома́ди, nominative plural грома́ди, genitive plural грома́д)

1. bulk, mass (something big)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “громада”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka